Over the next few days I’ll be travelling with my Mom to Knoxville, TN to visit relatives neither of us have seen in many many many years. I’m both looking forward to and nervous about this trip, as there’s lots of chances for things to go off the rails. I hope to be tweeting fairlyRead More
Category: Life. Don’t talk to me about life.
Rant – Federated Logins That Still Require A Local Account
So, I love all these websites that say “LOGIN NOW WITH TWITTER!” or whatever other little social network icon they can shove into the box. And, sure, that’s great – federated authentication is a good thing. But why, goshdarnit, does it then ask you to create a new username, an email address, and a newRead More
A Bike Tour of Boston.
Today after going to the MIT Flea with Zach I planned on taking a bike ride around Boston. The weather was supposed to be excellent, and I had 6 hours or so to kill until Mariama came into town for her Gymnastics class, so why not bring the bike along, pack up the camera, andRead More
Life, Camping, Drones, Travel!
The last week or two has been quite the whirlwind, and we’re not through yet! I’m about to head off to Pawtuckaway Lake in New Hampshire to go camping with friends for 4 days, so don’t expect any screamingly exciting updates from me for a bit. Last week’s adventure at NAFPV2015 was a blast –Read More
Off to NAFPV 2015!
For the next 4 days I’ll be in Stephentown, New York at the North American FPV Meet flyin, racin, and campin. For the most part I’ll be livetweeting on the USDRA Drone Racing twitter feed (please follow!) which will also be posting to the USDRA facebook page (please like!). This’ll be an interesting test ofRead More
Race Baiting 101 by Matthew Cooke
I am continued to be amazed by the work of Matthew Cooke. His videos are clear, direct, and beautifully done. This one is particularly powerful, and, having wrestled with my place in the world regarding race, privilege, and status lately, this piece struck me pretty hard. If you think you understand race issues, classes throughoutRead More
Sunday Organizing Time
I’ve always been something of a pack rat. Before I moved to a small house, I’d have crates and boxes and shelves full of things I’d probably never use, but was cool to have on hand. Old computers, video games, all that stuff. Now I live in a small house, with very little storage space,Read More
Zealand Falls Hut
Finally made an overnight hike to one of the AMC backcountry huts. These huts are maintained by the Appalachian Mountain Club along the Appalachian trail for hikers to visit, either on their way along the trail or as a destination all their own. The huts are 100% off the grid, and Zealand Falls has thatRead More
You Should Be Standing At Your Desk 2-4 Hours a Day
Hah! I am vindicated!!! Experts now say you should start standing up at work for at least two hours a day — and work your way toward four. That’s a long-awaited answer for a growing number of workers who may have heard of the terrible health effects of prolonged sitting and been wondering whether theyRead More
Rain! Rain! Rain!
You know that scene in movies where people go running out into the field and dance in the rain after a long drought? “Our crops are SAVED!”. Or the scene at the end of Dune (yeah, if you don’t know this spoiler by now….) I feel like that today. The 2 storm fronts that came through BerlinRead More
One Week with the Chevy Volt
So a week ago I traded in my Jeep Wrangler for a Chevy Volt. It was a hard decision, but made sense on so many levels. I have a long commute (70 miles round trip), do other road trips, etc. And while I’ll miss being able to bang around in the woods and romp through theRead More
Goodbye Jeep, Hello Volt.
Today I made a hard decision. 8 months ago my venerable VW Passat became unmaintainable. It required a new oil pump, which was going to run around $2000. It had been good for me for 4 years, but with 140,000 miles on it, I was concerned about shoveling more cash into it. I’d always wanted aRead More
The Desktop Mail Client is Dead.
It’s no secret. I’ve been a rabid IMAP user for ages and ages and ages. To the point where I’ll keep shifting mail clients around to stay ‘current’. My preferred poison for almost 10 years had been Thunderbird. The tool that started out as a potential replacement for Outlook, but in the end never quite hadRead More
My Vacation in Crawford Notch
Around mid-November of this year, my boss pulled me aside and said “Son… I’m kickin you outta here.” Okay, he really didn’t say that, but he did let me know if I didn’t take some vacation time by the end of the year, he was going to be cranky. Since my company only rolls over 2Read More
Soylent – 10 days in.
On September 1st, I started what I was calling “my great experiment“. Altering my diet in a significant way to make me more aware of what I was eating, how I was eating, and where my food came from was a huge step for me. So now it’s a week and a half later, howRead More